‘No Reason To Be Fazed By Fidelity’s Free Funds Offering:’ Vanguard Mutual Funds CIO Greg Davis

There is no reason to be disturbed by the Fidelity Investment’s zero-index funds launched last week, said Vanguard Mutual Funds CIO Greg Davis, during a recent interview.

Vanguard’s competitor fuelled the investment industry’s price war by offering two zero-cost index mutual funds, the first-ever zero expense ratio self-indexed funds, for retail investors in the US as well as cutting costs on other MF schemes.

However, Vanguard Group’s Davis states he finds “no reason to be fazed by Fidelity Mutual Fund’s offering because Vanguard has already lowered fees aggressively on their indexed MF products.

He also warns investors to consider “catch” of zero-cost funds. Investors must ask themselves “What’s the catch?” when they happen to see any free funds offering. They need to careful to know what else they are going to be charged in other MF products with the fund house.

Fidelity MF’s free funds’ announcement is improbable to offshoot any immediate reaction from the Pennsylvania-based fund giant, said the Vanguard Mutual Funds CIO. He further added that Vanguard would undeniably take note of the competitive environment, but would not definitely reactive to what one competitor does.

The Pennsylvania-based fund giant Vanguard has been decreasing fees on index MFs and ETFs (Exchange-traded funds) as investors gradually shift away from costlier actively managed mutual fund products.

Vanguard, the Valley Forge, with about $5.1 trillion assets under management, has an average expense ratio of 11 basis points or 11 cents a year per 100 Dollars invested, compared with the MF industry’s mean of 62 basis points, according to fund house’s data.

Vanguard, with the rivals such as Fidelity Investments, BlackRock Inc., and Charles Schwab Corp, has grown intensely in the latest years as investors have chosen low-cost mutual funds that mimic benchmark indexes since they are unsatisfied by the inability of various actively managed funds to consistently beat their benchmarks.

Vanguard Mutual Funds CIO Davis expressed no reaction to the Fidelity Investment’s zero-index funds announcement, during the recent interview at Bloomberg LP headquarters in New York, according to ADVISOR HUB.

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